Vacas, S., Navarro Fuertes, I., García-García, V., Marzo Bargues, J., Abad-Somovilla, A., & Navarro-Llopis, V. 2024 New Monoterpenoid as the Sex Pheromone of Spanish Populations of the Longtailed Mealybug Pseudococcus Longispinus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.4c00921
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Notes: The sex pheromone of this species (2-(1,5,5-trimethylcyclopent-2-en-1-yl)ethyl acetate), currently used for pest monitoring purposes, was not attractive to males in field experiments conducted in Spanish persimmon orchards infested with this mealybug. Based on GC−MS data and nuclear magnetic resonance experiments, we envisaged monoterpene 2-(1,5-dimethyl-4-methylenecyclopent-2-en-1-yl)ethyl acetate as the new sex pheromone candidate, which was synthesized and shown to be attractive in the field to P. longispinus males of the Spanish population.
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